Chapter 1133: Halfway

"Time to eat, come over and eat."

The foreman knocked on a broken basin, making a clanging sound.

The master craftsman who was working looked disgusted: "Back in our hometown, if you knock on a basin like that, you'll end up a beggar sooner or later."

"I'm giving you a late-night snack, and you still have so much to say?" The foreman was so angry he knocked on the basin a few more times.

The master craftsman said indifferently, "If I don't eat now, I'll work for another half hour. Just dish me up a bowl of vegetables and five steamed buns first. I'll eat after I finish my work."

"Working that hard?"

"We agreed to settle the account every 4 hours, don't tell me you're thinking of welching on it, kid." The master craftsman looked up.

"How could I? We settle based on the amount of work done; the more you work, the more I earn, why would I welch on you?" The foreman hurriedly explained, then added, "Whether you eat the late-night snack or not is your business, but make sure the work is done well. If it needs to be redone later, it's just a waste of your time."

"Got it. The deadline for this job you took is too tight."

"The deadline is tight, but they're paying well too."

The master craftsman kept working without looking up as he asked, "Who did you latch onto? Working day and night, aren't you afraid of residents complaining?"

"It's a government project, let them complain if they want. It has nothing to do with me anyway; if the sky falls, there are taller people to hold it up." The foreman said it didn't matter, but he couldn't hide the smugness at the corners of his mouth.

For the sake of the money, the master craftsman flattered him: "This project is pretty good. We're having a good time working, and you're earning a good time—no, you must be earning a fortune."

"How much could I earn? With the way government projects go, who knows when the payment will come. What about you? Double the wages, settling every four hours, isn't that great?"

"It was great at the beginning. Now it's just so-so. I'm a bit too tired to keep going." The master craftsman was indeed exhausted. They had been working frantically since yesterday, with basically no rest in between.

The foreman said, "Then hold on for another half hour, I'll settle your account, you sleep for eight hours, and I'll call you up to work again."

The master craftsman looked at him suspiciously: "You aren't thinking of bringing someone else in, are you?"

"I can't even find people. If I had someone, I would have let them on-site directly; why would I need to lie to you? If you don't want to rest, keep working, but we're paid by the amount, settling every four hours. I suggest you get some sleep; you'll be more efficient when you wake up."

"Then you might as well save the work for me; I'll do it when I wake up." The master craftsman couldn't bear to lose the double wages.

The foreman laughed: "What are you thinking? Do you think the owner is an idiot? They're paying this way precisely because they're racing against time. Let me tell you honestly, if the schedule slows down, they'll deduct half the money directly. See those people climbing the utility poles to install cameras over there? They rotate shifts every eight hours; you couldn't work more even if you wanted to, for fear of falling and breaking your neck."

"With safety ropes and shoes, falling to your death my ass." The master craftsman spat: "We're installing fences, they're fixing the road, and these people are installing cameras—what kind of new city construction is this? Will housing prices go up?"

"Whether they go up or not, I can't afford to buy anyway." The foreman let out a breath: "What the hell does it have to do with us?"

On the Wu Jiao Ge Overpass.

On the edge where standing was not allowed, two maintenance vehicles with flashing lights blocked the front and back, and a group of people stood in the middle, observing the surroundings.

Several workers were installing cameras on the side of the bridge. Jiang Yuan was wearing casual clothes, leaning out to meticulously guide the positioning.

After a good while, Jiang Yuan was pulled back up. Looking at his clothes and pants, they were already dirty.

Huang Qiangmin helped him brush them off with a pained expression, then gave Jiang Yuan a bottle of water and asked, "Is it necessary to be this meticulous?"

"Several key nodes must be adjusted properly. Only then can I determine the parameters when I go back." After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he explained to Huang Qiangmin: "This is monitoring point control based on GIS technology. When we go back, I'll make some adjustments for our Ningtai County as well. GIS is a Geographic Information System; it's very effective to use it for analysis."

"Good, good, good, we'll do it as soon as we get back." Huang Qiangmin nodded repeatedly. If this case is handled smoothly, everything will be there.

"I'll go check the cameras on the east side." Jiang Yuan drank a few sips of water and continued his inspection.

Just yesterday, Jiang Yuan had used his last remaining First-Class Merit medal to upgrade his Technical Defense Monitoring Technology (LV3) to LV6.

With this foundation, even without using the temporary +1 skill, Jiang Yuan's Technical Defense Monitoring Technology was among the best in the country. With the temporary +1, the temporarily upgraded LV7 Technical Defense Monitoring Technology was world-class.

As for things like GIS, one can tell from the name that it is a very advanced technology. In fact, it is, because it involves massive amounts of data, geography, space, model analysis, etc. Major cities in the country are only just attempting to update similar monitoring systems. Academic levels abroad are higher, but there is almost no large-scale practice. When it comes to the application level, it's not even certain if anyone else can reach Jiang Yuan's level.

However, three days is indeed too tight. In fact, because time needs to be left for debugging and time needs to be given for the brand-new monitoring system to record information, the time available for installing technical defense facilities like cameras is even shorter.

Fortunately, Jiang Yuan only wanted to catch a drug trafficking gang and was not prepared to build an impeccable technical defense system. Therefore, his solution was to try his best to buy the best off-the-shelf equipment, focus on debugging some cameras well, and achieve as comprehensive coverage as possible at important nodes.

As for what to do where there is no coverage? Easy, go directly to municipal engineering, block the roads where there is no time to install technical defense equipment, and incidentally install some cameras relatively casually around the construction site.

The work and travel of local residents will inevitably be affected, and their rest at night will also be affected, but under the coordination of the Anti-Drug Detachment, these are not big problems.

Moreover, with the influx of a large number of construction teams, rumors of demolition, urban sub-centers, transportation hubs, and the like began to circulate around Wu Jiao Ge.

Except for a few more curious onlookers, the projects everywhere were generally unaffected.

It's just that except for Jiang Yuan, no one understood what these projects were actually doing. A group of people looked like they were watching a painter doing a sketch, just watching him paint here and smear there, drawing lines for a while, erasing shadows for a while, completely in a state of hitting here and there...

Of course, everyone believed that Jiang Yuan would eventually make all this work meaningful, just like a painting that suddenly becomes a painting in the ordinary sense at a certain stage.

But belief is belief, and confusion is confusion. For the police officers of the Anti-Drug Detachment, there was even more multiple anxiety involved.

Jiang Yuan wandered around the bridge deck for a while, took advantage of the high position to observe the surroundings, and then came back to tell Yuan Bomin and others who were waiting there: "It's almost there. The location of this overpass is excellent, extending in all directions, and the surroundings are all within the shooting range. You guys hurry up with the construction. I'll start debugging after dinner. Let this side run independently first. Don't drag it out; it must be completed before 12 o'clock."

The person in charge of installing the technical defense facilities habitually complained: "Director Jiang, the time is really too tight. If you could give us a little more leeway, we could install it better."

"There is no option for poor installation." Jiang Yuan shook his head immediately and said seriously: "The best case is that we can finish it before nightfall. This way, through the night mode of the cameras, we can take more footage... Your Boss Li signed a military order for me, and he was very quick when it came to taking the money."

As a person in charge of a construction site, he was either arguing or being scolded all day long. He didn't feel Jiang Yuan's tone was harsh and said cheekily: "We will definitely install it as well as possible. The bonus you gave is indeed quite a lot, but this workload is really big..."

Yuan Bomin couldn't listen anymore. He walked over, handed a cigarette to the person in charge of the construction site, and said softly: "I was too busy before, just chatting with your Boss Li and didn't have time to look after this side. Engineer Zhang, right? Is there any problem on your side?"

Seeing this, Engineer Zhang hurriedly said: "The time is too tight..."

Yuan Bomin didn't really want to listen. He interrupted him immediately and said: "Engineer Zhang, you were personally pointed out by Boss Li. He told me that as long as it's a construction site you are in charge of, there is no such thing as being overdue. Is that right?"

"The time is really tight." Engineer Zhang was indeed in difficulty.

Yuan Bomin said "En" and said slowly: "We are doing this thing so urgently, it is indeed a bit difficult for you. I can't tell you exactly why it is so urgent. I can only say that if you complete it on time, or even ahead of schedule, you might save a life. If you are overdue, the only time you are overdue in your life might cause a good person to die."

"You put it so seriously, my little shoulders can't bear it." The construction worker had his own work mode and still wanted to strive for a little more leeway.

"It's okay, your Boss Li can't bear it either. When the time comes, you will die together." As he said this, Yuan Bomin dialed a phone number in front of him and said: "Boss Li, where are you? You're right nearby? Good, you come over to the overpass site and guard it. If it's not done by 10 o'clock tonight, you don't have to do it anymore."

Turning his head, Yuan Bomin said to Engineer Zhang: "You don't have to have any psychological burden. Just do your job well and show your skills. If it's really not done by 12 o'clock, Boss Li will die for you. After all, he signed the military order, and he must be responsible."

"I'm going to work." Engineer Zhang looked at his watch and had no other choice.

Yuan Bomin turned and walked to Jiang Yuan's side, then whispered: "The list of drug addicts and drug dealers near Wu Jiao Ge mastered by the detachment has been summarized. If you want to see it, I can apply for it at any time. However, if you want to catch people, you must notify me in advance, because there may be informants and special agents from other cases inside."

"I understand." Jiang Yuan nodded.

"Like this, can you find them?" Yuan Bomin had already provided everything he could. At this time, he had nothing to do, so he became even more nervous.

"Yes." Jiang Yuan gave a definite answer, only adding one sentence: "As long as this drug trafficking gang doesn't move, and the drug dealers aren't scared away by our construction, they will definitely be found."

"They won't move. Drug production factories can move at will, but drug dealers can't easily cross regions. They buy weapons mainly for fire fights." Yuan Bomin gave a positive answer, which also made himself feel at ease, and added: "Drug dealers live on drug addicts. Now that the investigation is strict, the drug addicts who take drugs don't dare to store much goods in their hands, and they can't store them mainly. If they are gone, they have to buy them. If they don't sell, others will come to sell. If the market is snatched away, it won't be so easy to come back."

Yuan Bomin paused, his tone began to become positive, and said: "Drug dealers live a life of having today but not tomorrow. Being able to survive is good luck, not because their judgment is accurate or anything. We have set up so many construction sites, which will only make them feel at ease. Installing cameras is not something that happened today. However, they will definitely not linger in front of the cameras."

"Geese leave their voices behind; they can't run away." Jiang Yuan comforted Yuan Bomin slightly and added: "We are fighting a positional war. Now that the position is built, the battle is half won."